What's is the best game show we have/ have had?

WHIP IT! · 08-03-2018 1:53pm

This thread needs wayyyyyy more Catch Phrase!

harry Bailey esq · 08-03-2018 2:14pm

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Kevin Myers presented a quiz show called Challenging Times. Ireland's answer to University Challenge. The fúcker had more drink taken than most of the people watching it.

They did John, but after the media got their few pounds of flesh and an inquest was carried out he was cleared out he was cleared of any wrongdoing. In fairness, if it was a woman found in the pool in that state the police would probably have your good self high up on the list of 'persons of interest'

Challenging times was great, my da God rest him loved it. What was the one with Bob Holness, blockbusters was it?
'gimme an E please bob'

razorblunt · 08-03-2018 2:33pm

I have a begrudging admiration for Deal or No Deal and the fact they dragged it out for 1 hour, 5 days a week.
I have more than a begrudging admiration for the fella who would cut the show to just the box opening and Dealer conversations on YT an hour after the show. I think condensed it was at the 5 min total mark.

Badly Drunk Boy · 08-03-2018 2:42pm

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

Challenging times was great, my da God rest him loved it. What was the one with Bob Holness, blockbusters was it?
'gimme an E please bob'

Yeah, I liked Blockbusters back in my teenage years. Did you know that Bob Holness was one of the people to play James Bond? It was a South African radio adaptation of Moonraker, in 1956.

Boom_Bap · 08-03-2018 2:42pm

The best game show by far is Come Dine With Me.
I've been mulling it over and trying to convince myself that it's a game show, and it is.
I could watch Come Dine With Me all day.

harry Bailey esq · 08-03-2018 3:35pm

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

Yeah, I liked Blockbusters back in my teenage years. Did you know that Bob Holness was one of the people to play James Bond? It was a South African radio adaptation of Moonraker, in 1956.

Brilliant! I love drunken wisdom, I'll win many a pub bet with that.

Hector Bellend · 08-03-2018 3:45pm

Fifteen to One was the best quiz ever.

Its not the same with yer wan Sandi Toksvig though.

It's William G.Stewart all the way

08-03-2018 5:08pm

Who wants to be a millionaire circa 1999 - 2002. I can remember when the rumour got out a few days beforehand that Judith Keppel would be the first person to win a million pounds and everyone was watching the night she was on. It was just massive leap up from the gameshows that were around a few years beforehand as far as prizes were concerned, and the fact it was a players raw knowledge that won them the prizes made it far more watchable than any other gameshow. Even the £250,000 prize just seemed like head-spinning money back then, never mind the two highest prizes.

We had our own version with Gay Byrne around 2001. I remember when I would watch it I had the feeling that, unlike in the uk version, the Irish version couldn't really afford big payouts (soooo "father ted-esque" and typical of Ireland of that era!) and so they would hope that only a few people would win big prizes!

w/s/p/c/ · 08-03-2018 5:24pm

No mention of Play your Cards Right with Brucie? Classic show!

storker · 08-03-2018 10:21pm

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Didn't they find a lad floating in his swimming pool with an arse on him like the Jack Lynch tunnel?

Kevin Myers presented a quiz show called Challenging Times. Ireland's answer to University Challenge. The fúcker had more drink taken than most of the people watching it.

I'm a fan of University Challenge but the RTE version was (predictably) awful. The set was cheap-looking, and Myers waffled far too much. The worst thing I saw was when a contestant didn't know what TCP/IP was. "If I could give you points for not knowing that, I would" said Myers, showing that he couldn't tell the difference between a critical piece of technology that enabled the creation of and still underpins the Internet, and some kind of online fad like Bebo.

storker · 08-03-2018 10:23pm

w/s/p/c/ wrote: »

No mention of Play your Cards Right with Brucie? Classic show!

Definitely a good game, good game (show).

Mister Vain · 08-03-2018 10:29pm

You Bet was awesome. Every week had something different.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojBGWAEsatI

jluv · 08-03-2018 11:01pm

I love all of the above shows but for a different reason. A family member had a massive stroke 10 years ago. loss of use on left side of body and seriously affected memory/brain.
Researched all i could at the time and the one thing that stood out was to have them watch gameshows and quiz shows and if anyone remembers the "brain trainer" on the nintendo hand held thing.
Painful in the beginning. Watch who wants to be a millionaire on one channel,then watch it on plus 1 to see if any reaction differently to first time. Sometimes the answer would be correct second time round and would state "how could someone be so stupid not to know that!" but then some of the answers they had only heard an hour before would be forgotten.
Not to bore you but all those game show quiz shows became a big/important part of our world! Some of the older ones are gas also looking at the haircuts/style/prize amounts..
And if any of ye want a pub quiz contestant or a phone a friend, thank God I can reccomend a family member to you:)

D9Male · 08-03-2018 11:02pm

Sporting Triangles
Know Your Sport
Telly Addicts

retalivity · 08-03-2018 11:12pm

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

Yeah, I liked Blockbusters back in my teenage years. Did you know that Bob Holness was one of the people to play James Bond? It was a South African radio adaptation of Moonraker, in 1956.

And he definitely didnt play the sax in baker st!